World Music and Art in December

Each month around this time, I update my readers on world music and arts events around the world for the following month. This allows you time to make your travel arrangements or to purchase tickets to an event if you’re already traveling to a region where a festival, concert or art show is scheduled.

While December is a light month for festivals, if you are traveling during this holiday month, here are a few concerts you can catch…

Singing the music of Senegal,Youssou N’Dour is on tour and will be performing at the following locations in December:
Dec. 1 – Royce Hall at UCLA
Dec. 2 – Boulder Theatre in Boulder, CO
Dec. 3 – Belly Up in Aspen, CO
Dec. 6 – Wisconsin Union Theatre in Madison, WI
Dec. 8 – Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI

Dobet Gnahore (who’s been known to play with the popular Habib Koite) will be at the France Theatre de Sartrouville in Satrouville, France on December 19th.

The London Gypsy Orchestra, a 40-piece band that plays the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, will be performing in Oxford, England on December 8th. Bring your own fiddle because there will be an opportunity to partake in lessons prior to the concert!

Les Nubians

Of course, if you won’t be traveling in December, you can always take in a world music show in Seattle. Les Nubians, from Chad, will be performing at The Triple Door on December 30th. This duo is a self-described afropean hip-hop/R&B band and will surely give an amazing performance.